The prestige of the pagan prophet Balaam in Judaism, early Christianity and Islam: [Themes in Biblical Narrative Conference at the University of Groningen on 17 - 18 June 2005]

Balaam the villain : the history of reception of the Balaam narrative in the Pentateuch and the former prophets / Ed Noort -- Balaʹam and Deir ʻAlla / Émile Puech -- Balaam, Mopsus and Melampous : tales of traveling seers / Jan N. Bremmer -- Balaam in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Florentino García Martíne...

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Contributors: Kooten, Geurt Hendrik van 1969- (Editor) ; Ruiten, Jacques van 1956- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Hebrew
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Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2008
In: Themes in biblical narrative (11)
Year: 2008
Reviews:, in: CBQ 71 (2009) 459-460 (Baskin, Judith R.)
, in: BiblInterp 18 (2010) 286-288 (Pressler, Carolyn)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Themes in biblical narrative 11
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Balaam
B Reception
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Balaam (Biblical figure) Congresses
B Collection of essays
B Balaam (Biblical figure) Congresses
B Conference program 2005 (Groningen)
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Summary:Balaam the villain : the history of reception of the Balaam narrative in the Pentateuch and the former prophets / Ed Noort -- Balaʹam and Deir ʻAlla / Émile Puech -- Balaam, Mopsus and Melampous : tales of traveling seers / Jan N. Bremmer -- Balaam in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Florentino García Martínez -- A Qumran cave 2 fragment preserving part of Numbers 23:5-7[8] (2Q29 1) / Eibert Tigchelaar -- Balaam and Enoch / Eibert Tigchelaar -- The rewriting of Numbers 22-24 in pseudo-Philo, Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum 18 / Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten -- Balaam as the Sophist par excellence in Philo of Alexandria : Philo's projection of an urgent contemporary debate onto Moses' Pentateuchal narratives / George H. van Kooten -- 'A star shall come out of Jacob' : a critical evaluation of the Balaam oracle in the context of Jewish revolts in Roman times / Stefan Beyerle -- Balaam's fourth oracle (Numbers 24:15-19) according to the Aramaic targums / Alberdina Houtman and Harry Sysling -- Interpret him as much as you want : Balaam in the Babylonian Talmud / Ronit Nikolsky -- Balaam and the star of the Magi / Tobias Nicklas -- Balaam in Revelation 2:14 / Jan Willem van Henten -- Balaam and 2 Peter 2:15 : 'They have followed in the steps of Balaam' (Jude 11) / Tord Fornberg -- Speaking asses in the Acts of Thomas : an intertextual and cognitive perspective / István Czachesz -- 'To bless with a mouth bent on cursing' : patristic interpretations of Balaam (Num 24:17) / Johan Leemans -- Balaʹam in early Koranic commentaries / Fred Leemhuis
Item Description:Includes index. - Selected conference papers. - ISBN-10 aus FD übern
ISBN:9004165649